1 week, 3 dead: Suspected overdoses appear to tighten heroin's grip

10:00 PM,
Jan. 31, 2014

Christopher Goldrick, drug task force director

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The heroin epidemic claiming the lives of young adults from the Lower Hudson Valley and across the nation is continuing despite a crackdown on suppliers and increased efforts to warn users of the drug's deadly effects.

This week saw three deaths - Thomas Coogan, 23, of Buchanan; Whitney Delhay, 28, of Dobbs Ferry and Tyler Seger, 19, of Cortlandt - suspected to be from heroin overdoses, though toxicology results have not yet confirmed the causes.

Dozens of young people have died of heroin overdoses in the past few years, including four young men from Putnam and northern Westchester counties ...